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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">Concept RandomAccessIterator</span></h2>
<p>RandomAccessIterator</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.3"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>A random access iterator is an iterator that can read through
  a sequence of values.  It can move in either direction through the
  sequence (by any amount in constant time), and can be either mutable
  (data pointed to by it can be changed) or not mutable.</p>
<p>An iterator represents a position in a sequence.  Therefore,
  the iterator can point into the sequence (returning a value when
  dereferenced and being incrementable), or be off-the-end (and not
  dereferenceable or incrementable).</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.4"></a><h2>Refinement of</h2>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="BidirectionalIterator.html" title="Concept BidirectionalIterator">BidirectionalIterator</a></p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="LessThanComparable.html" title="Concept LessThanComparable">LessThanComparable</a></p></li>
</ul></div>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.5"></a><h2>Associated types</h2>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>value_type</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::value_type</pre>
<p>The value type of the iterator</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>category</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::iterator_category</pre>
<p>The category of the iterator</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>difference_type</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::difference_type</pre>
<p>The difference type of the iterator (measure of the number
    of steps between two iterators)</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.6"></a><h2>Notation</h2>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">Iter</span></dt>
<dd>A type playing the role of iterator-type in the <a class="link" href="RandomAccessIterator.html" title="Concept RandomAccessIterator">RandomAccessIterator</a> concept.</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="varname">i</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="varname">j</code></span>
</dt>
<dd>Objects of type Iter</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">x</code></span></dt>
<dd>Object of type value_type</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">n</code></span></dt>
<dd>Object of type difference_type</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">int_off</code></span></dt>
<dd>Object of type int</dd>
</dl></div>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.7"></a><h2>Type expressions</h2>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">Category tag</span></dt>
<dd><p><span class="type">category</span> must be
                  derived from <span class="type">std::random_access_iterator_tag</span>.
                </p></dd>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.8"></a><h2>Valid expressions</h2>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Expression</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Semantics</th>
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<td><p>Motion</p></td>
<td><p>i += n</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to applying <code class="computeroutput">i++</code> <code class="computeroutput">n</code> times
    if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is positive, applying <code class="computeroutput">i--</code>
    <code class="computeroutput">-n</code> times if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is negative, and to a null
    operation if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is zero.</p></td>
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<td><p>Motion (with integer offset)</p></td>
<td><p>i += int_off</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to applying <code class="computeroutput">i++</code> <code class="computeroutput">n</code> times
    if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is positive, applying <code class="computeroutput">i--</code>
    <code class="computeroutput">-n</code> times if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is negative, and to a null
    operation if <code class="computeroutput">n</code> is zero.</p></td>
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<td><p>Subtractive motion</p></td>
<td><p>i -= n</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i+=(-n)</code></p></td>
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<td><p>Subtractive motion (with integer offset)</p></td>
<td><p>i -= int_off</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i+=(-n)</code></p></td>
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<td><p>Addition</p></td>
<td><p>i + n</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">{Iter j = i; j += n; return j;}</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Addition with integer</p></td>
<td><p>i + int_off</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">{Iter j = i; j += n; return j;}</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Addition (count first)</p></td>
<td><p>n + i</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i + n</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Addition with integer (count first)</p></td>
<td><p>int_off + i</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i + n</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Subtraction</p></td>
<td><p>i - n</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i + (-n)</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Subtraction with integer</p></td>
<td><p>i - int_off</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">i + (-n)</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Distance</p></td>
<td><p>i - j</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">difference_type</span></p></td>
<td><p>The number of times <code class="computeroutput">i</code> must be incremented (or
    decremented if the result is negative) to reach <code class="computeroutput">j</code>.  Not
    defined if <code class="computeroutput">j</code> is not reachable from
    <code class="computeroutput">i</code>.</p></td>
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<td><p>Element access</p></td>
<td><p>i[n]</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">const-if-not-mutable value_type &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">*(i + n)</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<td><p>Element access with integer index</p></td>
<td><p>i[int_off]</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">const-if-not-mutable value_type &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">*(i + n)</code></p></td>
</tr>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.9"></a><h2>Complexity</h2>
<p>
  All iterator operations must take amortized constant time.
  </p>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.10"></a><h2>Models</h2>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">T *</span></span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">std::vector&lt;T&gt;::iterator</span></span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">std::vector&lt;T&gt;::const_iterator</span></span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">std::deque&lt;T&gt;::iterator</span></span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">std::deque&lt;T&gt;::const_iterator</span></span></li>
</ul></div>
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<a name="id-1.3.46.3.9.11"></a><h2>See also</h2>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="LessThanComparable.html" title="Concept LessThanComparable">LessThanComparable</a></p></li></ul></div>
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